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Topic: Bloomberg wire

Modi govt wants defence firms to make medical equipment to fight coronavirus

PSUs like BEL are manufacturing PPEs & ventilators & there is an opportunity for local private companies to tap growing demand for medical equipment.

Success model Singapore has worst day of infections as cases double over a week

A record 728 new Covid-19 infections were reported late Thursday, bringing Singapore’s total in the past seven days to 2,517.

Your risk of getting sick from coronavirus could lie in your genes

Scientists are working hard to understand the underlying reasons for such huge discrepancies in symptoms and outcomes of Covid-19.

Lockdown will test the resilience of even HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra and ICICI Bank

HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra & ICICI Bank – India’s strongest private banks – have been unable to escape the effects of the lockdown.

Aarogya Setu is fastest app in the world to reach 50 million users despite privacy concerns

Aarogya Setu garnered 50 million users in 13 days. That’s the fastest pace for any app including Facebook, Amitabh Kant said.

Economists screwed up in 2008. Covid-19 gives them a shot at redemption

This downturn will be bigger & more complicated than 2008, which only increases need for theories to anticipate some of the potential scenarios.

Why humans have themselves to blame for the coronavirus pandemic

There are more people coming into contact with wildlife species, as agriculture, forestry, mining & oil exploration destroy animals' natural habitats.

You can flood the world with money but it’s losing its meaning

It’s been some time since people thought about the concept of money and its purpose. The broad idea is that money has value, but that value is not arbitrary.

Make more babies or embrace foreign workers – the Covid-19 message to rich Asian nations

Pulling up the drawbridge to halt spread of the disease and protect domestic businesses would be perilous as foreign workers are critical.

Global cooperation was breaking, Trump’s attack on WHO just makes it worse

There’s no global leader in fight against virus & countries that would look to Washington or Beijing for help are finding they have no one to rely on.

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New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.